St. Andrew's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHG IJIK LMLM NONO PQPQ RSRS ATAT UVWR TATA| When brothers part for manhood's race | A |
| What gift may most endearing prove | B |
| To keep fond memory its her place | A |
| And certify a brother's love | C |
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| 'Tis true bright hours together told | D |
| And blissful dreams in secret shared | E |
| Serene or solemn gay or bold | D |
| Shall last in fancy unimpaired | E |
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| E'en round the death bed of the good | F |
| Such dear remembrances will hover | G |
| And haunt us with no vexing mood | H |
| When all the cares of earth are over | G |
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| But yet our craving spirits feel | I |
| We shall live on though Fancy die | J |
| And seek a surer pledge a seal | I |
| Of love to last eternally | K |
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| Who art thou that wouldst grave thy name | L |
| Thus deeply in a brother's heart | M |
| Look on this saint and learn to frame | L |
| Thy love charm with true Christian art | M |
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| First seek thy Saviour out and dwell | N |
| Beneath this shadow of His roof | O |
| Till thou have scanned His features well | N |
| And known Him for the Christ by proof | O |
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| Such proof as they are sure to find | P |
| Who spend with Him their happy days | Q |
| Clean hands and a self ruling mind | P |
| Ever in tune for love and praise | Q |
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| Then potent with the spell of Heaven | R |
| Go and thine erring brother gain | S |
| Entice him home to be forgiven | R |
| Till he too see his Saviour plain | S |
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| Or if before thee in the race | A |
| Urge him with thine advancing tread | T |
| Till like twin stars with even pace | A |
| Each lucid course be duly aped | T |
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| No fading frail memorial give | U |
| To soothe his soul when thou art gone | V |
| But wreaths of hope for aye to live | W |
| And thoughts of good together done | R |
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| That so before the judgment seat | T |
| Though changed and glorified each face | A |
| Not unremembered ye may meet | T |
| For endless ages to embrace | A |
John Keble
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